Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit
Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the
publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds.
The 39-year-old called the ruling “vindicating and affirming.”
Justice Timothy Fancourt of London’s High Court found that phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers over many years. Private investigators “were an integral part of the system” to gather information unlawfully on the British prince and his associates. Fancourt said that executives at the papers were aware of the practice and covered it up.
Fancourt found the U.K. outlets had invaded the father of two’s privacy by using unlawful information-gathering to produce 15 of the 33 articles examined at trial as a representative sampling from nearly 150 that Harry cited.
“Today is a great day for truth, as well as accountability,” the younger son of King Charles III said in a statement shared by his lawyer outside court.
“I’ve been told that slaying dragons will get you burned. But in light of today’s victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worthwhile price to pay. The mission continues.”
The ruling came days after Harry was ordered by another U.K. judge to pay nearly 50,000 pounds, or more than $60,000, in legal fees to the publisher of the Daily Mail following his failed court challenge.
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